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Getting into the University Track: Parents' Implicit Theories about Ability Predict Which Type of Secondary School Their Children Are Tracked Into
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Matthes, Benjamin; Stoeger, Heidrun – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
The few studies about whether parents' implicit theories about ability (ITs) predict their children's academic success and relevant parental behavior have produced mixed results. In response, research suggested that parents' ITs might be more important in contexts that make children's intellectual potential salient. Therefore, we investigated the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Academic Ability, Parent Child Relationship, Grade Point Average
From Oppositional Culture to Cultural Integrity: African American Students' Perceptions of the Activity Structure and Physical Ecology of Classrooms
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Sankofa, Biko Martin; Hurley, Eric A.; Allen, Brenda A.; Boykin, A. Wade – Urban Education, 2023
This work extends examination of African American students' attitudes toward learning and achievement to contrast the oppositional culture (Ogbu and Fordham) and cultural integrity perspectives. We assessed 200 students' responses to classrooms designed to support competitive, individualistic, communal or high-verve thinking, and behavior.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Success